Mumford & Sons – Wagon Wheel (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Basically the same as the Old Crow Medicine Show version, but a step down (i.e. no capo).
The basic strum pattern is: down, down/up, down/up.
[intro]
G D Em C
G D C C
G D Headed down south to the land of the pines Em C Thumbin' my way into North Caroline G Starin' at the road D C C pray to God I see headlights G D I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Em C Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers G And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh D C C I can see my baby tonight
[one strum per chord]
G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel
[resume strumming]
G D C C Hey, mama rock me G D Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C C Hey, mama rock me
[G D Em C]
[G D C C]
G D Well runnin' from the cold up in New England Em C I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband G My baby plays the guitar D C C I pick a banjo now G D Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now Em C Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave G But I ain't a turnin' back D C C To livin' that old life no more G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C Hey, mama rock me G D Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C C Hey, mama rock me
[single strum for each chord]
G D Well walkin' to the south out of Roanoke Em I caught a trucker out of Philly C Had a nice long toke G D But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
[resume regular strum]
C C To Johnson City, Tennessee G D And I gotta get a move on head for the sun Em I hear my baby callin' runnin' C And I know that she's the only one G And if I die in Raleigh D C C At least I will die free G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C Hey, mama rock me G D Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C C Hey, mama rock me
[single strum again]
G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C Hey, mama rock me G D Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C C G Hey, mama rock me